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Containment increases as Gifford Fire burns over 110,000 acres in SLO County
The Gifford Fire continues to burn in rugged wilderness areas of the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo County. The total size of the fire increased to more than 110,000 acres while containment remained steady. Update, 2:40 p.m.
Map: Gifford Fire burns past 100,000 acres; more dry, windy weather forecast
The map above shows Gifford’s evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. Shown as a gray tone is the perimeter of last month’s Madre Fire, previously the biggest fire of the year; it burned 80,779 acres in the Carrizo Plain area, just east of Gifford.
Planned work on Highway 101 in southern San Luis Obispo County has been postponed due to the Gifford Fire. According to ...
CAL FIRE wrote on X on Friday: "California is under a heat wave, bringing hot, dry, and windy conditions, making wildfires more likely to occur and to spread fast. When temps soar, even a tiny spark ...
Los Padres NFS Officials have issued new Evacuation Orders for the Gifford Fire. Zones: SLC-261, SLC-262, SLC-311, SLC-334 ...
Gifford Fire officials report minimal growth overnight after a rapid expansion of the fire on the northwest side on Thursday.
Burning over 100,000 acres in Los Padres National Forest, it has triggered evacuations and poses a long-term threat due to dry conditions, rugged terrain and a buildup of fire-prone vegetation.
As of Friday, the Gifford Fire has burned a destructive path through San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties for just ...
The number of structures threatened has risen to more than 2,900 in both Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
Gifford Fire officials held a community meeting in Sisquoc at Santa Barbara County Fire Station 23 on Thursday night. They ...
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